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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



or aphis, more especially on the underneath 

 side of the foliage. Tobacco water applied 

 to the foliage infested with aphis is a good 

 remedy, but is far more successful as a pre- 

 ventive, as these insects are very hard to 

 dispose of on Cinerarias when they once get 

 on the plants. By starting early in the 

 season and applying regularly about once a 

 week the tobacco solution so often recom- 

 mended in these columns, the green fly can 

 be kept from them. When the plants are 



Fig 2561. Tuberous Begonia — Sutton's Queen of the White. 



out of bloom throw them on the rubbish pile, 

 as they are of no further use as decorative 

 plants. Cinerarias are not profitable win- 

 dow plants, and are uncertain and fickle 

 plants to grow, but as greenhouse plants 

 they are very showy. (The accompanying 

 cuts show both the tall and dwarf type of 

 these plants.) 



Tuberous Begonias. — The tubers of these 

 summer flowering Begonias can now be 

 started into growth. As a rule it is best to 

 start them in sand only. Fill 

 a pot or a shallow box with 

 fine sharp sand, place the bulb 

 in the sand so that the top of 

 the bulb or tuber is just under 

 the surface of the sand. Water 

 so as to moisten all the sand. 

 Keep the sand moist, but not 

 soddened. A temperature of 

 60 to 65 degrees will suit these 

 Begonias to start in. In about 

 two or three weeks the bulbs 

 will require potting, or as 

 soon as the roots are an inch 

 in length. A five or six inch 

 pot will usually suit an ordi- 

 nary sized bulb, as these should 

 average about an inch or per- 

 haps two inches in diameter. 

 The latter sized tuber would 

 require a seven inch pot. Use 

 I plenty of drainage, and a 

 ' fairly rich loamy soil, in which 

 ■ there has been mixed a small 

 quantity of sand. Water well 

 once after planting, then give 

 water sparingly until the plants 

 are well established. The 

 tuber should be just under 

 the soil when potted, as re- 

 commended in starting them. 

 I prefer potting them into 

 large sized pots at first, to 

 repotting them as required 

 into larger pots, as they 



